For civilisation to exist, human creatures are required to do things they would not do "naturally" as mammals. Christian societies as a whole are "unnatural," requiring actions which cannot be based on self-interest....

Jews often say that Judaism is about "deed, not creed", and that the ethical question of how to live is far more urgent that the theological one of what to believe. Why then does Judaism have such a rich history of thought and philosophy? And what is the origin of the stereotype of the "Jewish ...